The Importance of Teacher – Students Interaction in Communicative Language Teaching (Clt)

Abstract

<p><em>Interaction takes crucial part in English language teaching and learning. It could determine the successfulness of teaching and learning in the classroom. Relying on the fact, interaction becomes the main means for teacher and students to exchange their ideas, feelings, opinions, insights, and etc. Especially for the teachers themselves, maintaining interaction with students is considered to be very important thing. In this case, teachers need to employ some proper strategies and approaches in order to deal with such kind of activity. Nowadays, a great number of teachers apply student-centered approach more than teacher-centered one in the way they teach English. Student-centered approach is believed to be able to encourage the teachers to raise their awareness to interact more with the students by implementing Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). In this library-based research paper, the writers would like to elevate the importance of classroom interaction in Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) as an important means for teachers in their respective classrooms.</em></p>

Online Learning Amidst Covid 19 Pandemic Disruption: Efl Lecturers and Students’ Classroom Interaction

“…The instructors could ask questions, give lectures, give directions, and provide information so that the students got the benefit by drawing on the experience of their lecturers on how to interact in the most effective manner. Also, it was similar with Eisenring and Margana (2019) as well as Nunan (2002). They claimed that student instructor interaction focused on dialogue between students and instructors through invited the students to involve by mentioning their names.…”

Communicative Language Teaching and Its Implementation in Online Learning: The Teachers’ Voice

“…The result is in line with Brandl (2021), who believes that teaching L2 through CLT is learning language through communicating, which involves language practice and interaction. Similarly, Eisenring & Margana (2019) mentioned that interaction is crucial in CLT. The use of the target language in interaction helps students to achieve second language.…”

“…Interaction plays a vital role in L2 teaching. Interaction is a tool to exchange students and teachers' ideas, thoughts, and opinions (Eisenring & Margana, 2019). With the current condition, classroom interaction should be shifted from face-to-face to online learning due to the pandemic of covid-19.…”

Communicative language teaching method at improving students� macro and micro-skills of reading comprehension in intensive reading course

“…The concept of communicative competence in the Communicative Language Teaching method is not only a system of knowledge but also a communication media learners use to convey their thoughts (Rahman, 2017). In the classroom, maintaining interaction enables the lecturer and learners to express their ideas, opinions, and perceptions (Eisenring & Margana, 2019). Interactions between teachers and students and also interactions among students will facilitate language development and will lead to better language learning (Eisenring & Margana, 2019).…”

“…In the classroom, maintaining interaction enables the lecturer and learners to express their ideas, opinions, and perceptions (Eisenring & Margana, 2019). Interactions between teachers and students and also interactions among students will facilitate language development and will lead to better language learning (Eisenring & Margana, 2019). In using CLT, lecturers use communication as a teaching approach to improve learners' communicative competence.…”